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Radio Dispatch is a Mon-Thurs Internet radio show hosted by siblings Molly and John Knefel. Past guests include Amy Goodman, Eliot Spitzer, Michael Hastings, lawyers, activists, journalists, and more Occupy people than we can count. We cover feminism, Occupy, the national surveillance & security state, and Guantanamo Bay.

Radio Dispatch is a Mon-Thurs Internet radio show hosted by siblings Molly and John Knefel. Past guests include Amy Goodman, Eliot Spitzer, Michael Hastings, lawyers, activists, journalists, and more Occupy people than we can count. We cover feminism, Occupy, the national surveillance & security state, and Guantanamo Bay.

Radio Dispatch is a Mon-Thurs Internet radio show hosted by siblings Molly and John Knefel. Past guests include Amy Goodman, Eliot Spitzer, Michael Hastings, lawyers, activists, journalists, and more Occupy people than we can count. We cover feminism, Occupy, the national surveillance & security state, and Guantanamo Bay.

Episodes

Jared Kushner is miraculously still in charge of the middle east, Trump is pardoning war criminals to trigger the libs, and John Bolton’s Iran rhetoric seems to have cemented into the mainstream. Jared Kushner photo courtesy of Lori Berkowitz Photography via Wikimedia Commons 00:00 - Welcome to Radio Dispatch 00:30 - It’s End of the Year season and it’s budy 06:52 - Morning John on Kushner’s plans for Israel 29:27 - Trump’s pardon list 47:55 - Immigrants are being held in solitary by ICE...

We talk with Gabrielle Schonder, producer and reporter on the new Frontline documentary Supreme Revenge. Also, the disingenuous criticism over Bernie Sanders’ history of anti-imperialism and leftist foreign policy. Frontline PBS 00:00 - Welcome to Radio Dispatch 00:30 - Are we all still hanging in there, kitty? 02:35 - Gabrielle Schonder on the new Frontline film “Supreme Revenge” 20:57 - Morning John on the NYT converage of Sanders in Nicaragua 59:19 - Credits, “Closer to You” by Amo Amo...

The takes on Alabama are just so, so hot, and a roundup of immigration and Iran news. Kay Ivey photo by Tech. Sgt. Matthew Garrett via Wikimedia Commons 00:00 - Welcome to Radio Dispatch 00:30 - We are in truly escalating times 03:34 - Morning John with more thoughts on Alabama 42:51 - Jared Kushner’s “immigration plan” 48:51 - John Bolton’s war drive 54:46 - Motherhood in Alabama by the numbers 59:22 - Credits, “Tangerine” by Greys 60:29 - Finish

A group of white men in Alabama have effectively banned abortion completely. photo courtesy of internets_dairy via Wikimedia Commons 00:00 - Welcome to Radio Dispatch 00:30 - Remember to be moved to action and not only despair 06:01 - Morning John on the Alabama abortion ban 40:24 - The GOP member who pushed the NC bathroom ban wins the nomination 53:09 - More thoughts on the moralizing of who deserves choice 57:50 - Credits, “Better Days” by Radical Face 58:57 - Finish

Stephen Miller wanted to conduct coordinated nationwide ICE raids, John Bolton rachets up his desire to go war with Iran, and Trump meets with the far right Hungarian prime minister as he hurls ridiculous attacks at Rashida Tlaib. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) photo courtesy of United States Congress via Wikimedia Commons 00:00 - Welcome to Radio Dispatch 00:30 - How is it already mid May 02:57 - Morning John on the WaPo story on Trump’s planned ICE raids 24:29 - The infuriating Times coverage...

We spend the hour on two pieces about far right conservatism and youth. Make American Great Again photo courtesy of James McNellis via Wikimedia Commons 00:00 - Welcome to Radio Dispatch 00:28 - We spend the hour on the young far right 57:54 - “Darjeeling” Barrie / Credits 58:58 - Finish

College students are going hungry, and new tent cities in Texas. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons 00:00 - Welcome to Radio Dispatch 00:30 - Young people getting better politics as the institutions gets even worse 16:15 - Millennials are buried in debt and Gen Z doesn’t want to get killed by guns 28:26 - College students are increasingly food insecure 56:48 - Credits, “Baby” by Dehd 58:07 - Finish

New New York Times Reporting shows that Trump lost almost a billion dollars from the 80s to the 90s, and Georgia’s new heartbeat bill bestows full legal rights on fetuses. Governor Bryan Kemp photo courtesy of State of Georgia via Wikimedia Commons 00:00 - Welcome to Radio Dispatch 00:30 - Handmaid’s Tale Creep 02:51 - Morning John on Trump’s taxes 35:22 - Brian Kemp signs an essential abortion ban in Georgia 52:04 - More thoughts on the heartbeat bill 58:52 - Credits, “Ship of Fools” by...

Israeli violence escalates towards Gaza and the Times coverage of it is typically orientalist, a new report on the devastating impact of human life on natural life, and Ross Douthat takes on work/life balance. Melbourne Climate Strike photo courtesy of Takver via Wikipedia Commons 00:00 - Welcome to Radio Dispatch 00:30 - The best way to tackle fatphobia with young people? 12:39 - Morning John on Gaza and climate change 55:01 - Why Ross Douthat should be a socialist 59:01 - Credits,...

A WNYC story on family separation in the hands of child protective workers. Rally to end family separation in Cleveland, Ohio Photo courtesy of Vince Reinhart via Wikimedia Commons 00:00 - Welcome to Radio Dispatch 00:28 - Homecoming 17:00 - The family separation that happens every day 57:33 - “Blankets” Craig Finn / Credits 58:57 - Finish

We talk with Elizabeth Leiter, producer of the new Frontline documentary “The Abortion Divide.” Also, a Buzzfeed story on a Breitbart writer who now disavows the alt right, and new tent cities in Texas. Frontline PBS 00:00 - Welcome to Radio Dispatch 00:30 - When an adult budges in line 12:49 - Elizabeth Leiter on Frontline’s “The Abortion Divide” 35:32 - Buzzfeed’s story on leaving the alt - right 59:49 - Credits, “Something to Hope For” by Craig Finn 60:42 - Finish

William Barr testified on Wednesday but refused to testify on Thursday, Pete Buttigeig’s Vogue photo shoot makes us all want to hurl, and the New York City Council debates school segregation. William Barr meets with Justice Department leadership photo courtesy of The United States Department of Justice via Wikimedia Commons 00:00 - Welcome to Radio Dispatch 00:30 - This Pete Buttigieg photo shoot has me upset 16:03 - Morning John on Barr’s testimony 45:32 - School segregation debate...

On the first day of his campaign, Susan Bro and Anita Hill both illuminated Joe Biden’s tendency to use other people for his own person gain. Also, Twitter can’t make an algorhythm that can tell the difference between white supremacists and Republican politicians, and listener mail. Anita Hill Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons 00:00 - Welcome to Radio Dispatch 00:30 - David Brooks gets weird for Biden’s love of his wife 08:39 - Morning John on Susan Bro and Anita Hill 52:47 - Listener mail...